The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby (1864)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 · Boston : T.O.H.P. Burnham ; New York : O.S. Felt ... · leaf 54
T he Water-Babies : 44 CHAPTER II. “ And is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : — else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts : But oh! the exceeding grace Of Highest God that loves… … across the dale to the rocks beyond. For the bottom of the valley was just one field
Fairy tales
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